“Your Majesty, your robe is getting loose. Let me fix it for you.” A maid told the king after she made her grace and went on to fix the king’s robe.

It must be my naughty little Koharu-chan, thought King Ohno, when he recalled what happened earlier.

“King Papa, Papa King, come play with me please” Little Princess Koharu said with her sweet soft voice while pulling the tail of her father’s robe. She had just woken up from her nap and insisted on her father to play with her.

“OK, OK, my little darling. I’ll play with you, but only after you eat your afternoon snacks first.” King Ohno lowered his head to level with the little princess and kissed her chubby little cheek.

“No, no, I want to play now.” The little princess took the king’s hand and started pulling him away.

Queen Sho stepped forward and lifted up his daughter and hold her in his arms. He too, couldn’t help kissing the little cheek tenderly. “Listen to your King Papa, don’t be naughty now. He already promised he’ll play with you after you have your snacks.” The queen waved a maid over who took the princess with her to the dining room. The princess pouted but had no other choice by obeyed the queen.

“See, you have spoiled her already.” Queen Sho glanced at his king husband with a somewhat displeased look.

King Ohno stuck his tongue out and scratched his head with his hand. When it comes to his daughter, this king is a total failure.

“Koharu-chan is five years old already. It’s time for her to start her studies and learn some discipline. We need to get her a teacher.” The queen is usually the more intellectual one. He thought it’s time to start their daughter’s education.

“I suppose so. Then she won’t be asking me to play with her all the time.” King Ohno loves to play with his daughter, but couldn’t always find time to do so. He would feel so guilty to see the disappointed look on the princess’s face if he turned her down.

“Do you have candidates in mind?” The queen asked.

After thinking for a moment, the king said, “I could think of three possible candidates.”

“Good, can you summon them to the palace one by one? I want to see how they interact with Koharu-chan before deciding which one to choose.” Choosing a teacher for their princess is an important decision, and Queen Sho wanted to make sure they made the right one.

“Very well. I shall do so tomorrow.” King Ohno stuck our his elbow signaling the queen to put his arms around it. “Shall we have our afternoon nap now, my queen?”

Queen Sho saw his husband’s smirky look and smacked his head gently, but he still wrapped his arm around the king’s elbow and followed him to their chamber. “Koharu-chan is not going to be happy when she can’t find you.”

The following day King Ohno summoned the first candidate for the princess’s teacher into the palace. He will meet with the princess while the king and queen monitored.

The first one to meet the princess was Duke Nino. After greeting the king and queen, he recessed into the study room where Princess Koharu was waiting. The royal couple was watching them from the next room through the one-sided mirror.

He and the princess seemed to be getting along, which pleased the king and queen. He opened a story book and started reading to the princess. The princess seemed very interested at first, then became bored after a few chapters. She put her head down on the table and started to fall asleep.

Duke Nino then took something out from his bag and showed it to the princess, which got the princess all excited. Upon a closer look, the king and queen found out that the duke showed the princess a handheld video game. He started playing with it and the princess was screaming and laughing. That’s pretty much how spent the rest of the session. Later that evening, the princess even asked her parents to give her a video game.

No good!

The second candidate being summoned was Duke Aiba. He was known to have a upbeat mood and enthusiastic in everything he does. The royal couple hopes he would put in his heart to teach the princess. He also met Princess Koharu in the study room while the king and queen watched from next door. Duke Aiba took out some blocks and put them on the table. Then he asked the princess to count the number of blocks. After that he taught the princess simple arithmetic.

All is good, thought the royal couple. The king and queen looked at each other and nodded. They thought they have found the teacher for their daughter. Then they saw Duke Aiba reached out for his bag and took out something, something that moves. One, two, three, four, five…..they saw five hamsters on the table. Princess Koharu was delighted and immediately took one in her little hands.

“Ouch!” The princess’s little hand was bitten by the hamster she’s holding and she started to cry.

No good!

They are down to their last candidate, who they hoped would not disappoint them.

Duke Matsumoto came to the palace well prepared, or so he thought. He promised King Ohno and Queen Sho that he would do his best to be a good teacher to Princess Koharu, which the royal couple was pleased to hear.

When the session started, Duke Matsumoto took out some sticks and blocks. He built a small structure from them. The princess found it interesting and started doing it herself. Then he took out a model house, something like a doll house which amused the princess a lot. There are little people inside the model house, some standing some sitting. The princess couldn’t tell, but the king and queen knew very well that the model house is the model of a stage. They have heard that Duke Matsumoto was very into stage designs.

The duke focus more and more on the model, moving pieces around and adding more to it. He was so concentrated that he had totally forgotten about what he was there for. Princess Koharu got bored after a while and fell asleep on the couch.

No good!

King Ohno and Queen Sho sighed together in defeat. Their hope to find a good teacher for their daughter had dissipated. “I can’t believe there is no good teacher among all the cabinet members.”

Later when the royal couple was tugging their princess to bed, King Ohno asked his daughter, “What do you think if Queen Mama be your teacher?”

Queen Sho looked up to the king in surprise, but quickly turned his attention back to his daughter when he heard her said, “Oh, I love it. I love Mama Queen teaching me. Will you, Mama Queen?”

Her soft, sweet pleading voice is so irresistible, even the usually strict queen would give in sometimes. And with her appeal this time was a perfectly reasonable one, how could he say no.

“Of course, dear. I’d love to, but you can’t complain if I give you homework.”

“Err, OK” the princess hesitated a bit, but quickly come around, “Just don’t give me too much, OK? I still have to play with Papa King sometime.”

The queen smiled. The innocent look on his beloved princess always melt his heart.

Back in their chamber, Queen Sho wrapped his arms around King Ohno’s neck and kissed him softly. “How did you come up with that idea, my king?”

“Nobody is a better teacher than you for our daughter. I’ve always known that.” He kissed the queen back, deeply. “Now, be my teacher too…..”

Comments

I think this would be one of those rare universe that allows the Queen to be a male and referred to as such, yet it feels so 'normal'. Yama-royalty pair trying to find a teacher for their little one, and you've included the Nino, Aiba and Jun <3 and the images and consequences for each of the candidate fits what I had in mind too. The ending line is rather 'whooot~'-inducing too xD *thumbs up*

Love love love all these sudden influx of Yama + Koharu-chan lately. I really hope for a reunion soon. But for the time being, all these goodies is good enough *peaces*

XDDYama!Royalty...I can never seem to get tired of this :DSo cute that they are searching for a teacher while we all know that Sho is the best teacher she could have XDDKaze trio...helpful...yet unhelpful 'interviews' Thanks so much for this XDD

That's sooo adorable!! Thank you so much for writing, and I'm so glad the doodle was able to inspire this~ So fast! What a wonderful royal family, I love King Ohno being a softie for Koharu-chan, and Sho being the educator. Love the cameos of the Kaze trio dukes and their "teaching" methods xD And of course, the last bit of Yama cuddle is always a plus. Thanks for sharing!

Ur pace is so fast dat I cant comment!!! LoLz.This story is seriously nice and yes. I tot abt Sachi's pic everytime I read this. :P

Well Well Well, King Ohno is a smart King after all. Who can be the BEST TEACHER in the world for Little Princess, besides the Queen Sho??? He's smart, intellectual & strict. Most impt, he's the QUEEN (Motherly Love). *claps*

I love the色色國王智in this fic, KK.Dat somehow fits into wad I tot King Ohno was. *cheeky smile*HOT huh. I bet the King & Queen will be, after lights out!! ^^